Oh please. Of course the elves did all of those farming, cooking, washing stuff! I am sure the elven society is just like a feudal society, and Rivendell is nothing different from a manor. No matter how magical, etheral and beautiful those elves are, I don't think they are socially and technologically advanced. Tolkien definitely omitted those details on purpose. They are not really related to the main story, and if all those things are laid out in details before you, they will rub out all those mistified beauty.
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